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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1870

Page

2

Railroads and fires loom in New England reports

Special despatches from Boston Post detail a fatal accident to Elder Pettingill of Carroll New Hampshire while loading hay goods. Frictions over Franklin School funding in Warren Maine and a rite of confirmation in St Pauls. Bangor fire destroys Mill and coffin shop with suspected arson. Four drownings in Bancor Maine river drive. Concord railroad troubles prompt federal suit against Northern and Concord contracts.

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The Thunderer on the Erie Railway May 19

A London Times editorial attacks Erie Railway mismanagement and stock market manipulation. The piece condemns American commercial morality, likening reform to abolishing slavery, while noting parliamentary debate on marriages to a deceased wife’s sister and tangled colonial trade licensing questions.

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